A jury at Mold Crown Court in June heard how it took just 30 seconds for the gang to violently end the life of Mr Mason, described in court as a rival dealer, by stabbing him 22 times as he sat in his car.

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Davies – whose baby son was born the day before his conviction - must serve a minimum of 25 years before he can be considered for release. The judge said Davies inflicted the greatest number of injuries.

Melia must serve 22 and a half years before he can apply for parole.

The judge said that it was Davies and Melia who had the knives.

Drugs gang boss Anthony Baines, 30, of Sutcliffe Street, Liverpool, who was making £7,000 a week by ferrying drugs into the resort, and Mark Ennis, 30, of Bedford Road, were cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter.

Baines was jailed for 17 years and Ennis was jailed for 14 years on the manslaughter.